Look – Quick & Dirty Style Warrior Yellow & Brown Look

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009

This was a really quick Style Warrior look I put together the other day. I don’t think Night Manoeuvers is a very flattering color on me — at least in this pairing! I think I could wear it in a more gray/purple kind of look. I was attempting to only use Style Warrior products, so, there ya have it. Live and learn Never hurts to try.

Directions: Define brows using a coordinating powder shadow applied with the 266 brush. Apply Soft Ochre paint pot all over the lid as the base with the 249. With the 239, apply Golden Lemon pigment with water-based mixing medium on the lower lid. On the inner lid, pack Bright Future eyeshadow on using the 239. Apply Tempting eyeshadow to the middle and outer portions of the lid. Darken crease with Night Manoeuvers eyeshadow using the 226, then deepen with Folie eyeshadow with the 219. Sweep Soft Force eyeshadow underneath the brow bone to highlight. Finish with Urban Decay Honey Liner on lower lash line. Apply Plushlash mascara on lashes. Sweep apples of cheeks with Eversun blush using the 129, then highlight with Dior Amber Diamond Skin Shimmer with the 188. Apply Sunsational lipstick to lips, and then top with Style Warrior lipglass for color and shine.

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I kind of felt the same way Christine, like Night Manouevers really wasn’t going to do it for me either. Def. passing on that color. Tempting though is a nice color to pair with Bright Future. Maybe some brown liner like UD 24/7 liner in Bourbon on the upper lash line would balance it all out since it has the gold flecks in it. Who knows…like you said – live & learn!!!

Maybe I am the only one.. But I like Night Manoevres on this look! Because Bright Force is such a bright, yellow color, Night Manoeveres makes it more subdued look, without making it so brassy like Tempting does. You have a great combination there, Christine! Love it

Like it 2! Not as much as 1st Style Warrior look u did,though…We all have faves.
Love Night Manoeuver and it goes well with the yellow e/s. Good job! Keep being inspired with new combo ideas Christine! U rock! xP

Oh, yeah, that’s definitely a good way to brighten up the look, but I only wanted to use Style Warrior colors, LOL! SO I refused to use anything else to fix it. I figured maybe the look would work on someone else instead

I love it as always Christine, you always do a great job stepping out of your box and doing what very few people actually have the balls to try..I think I have already posted that you have inspired me to start stepping out of mine a little. In fact today I decide to try putting juxt on my lid, and shadowy lady(since I don’t have Nocturnelle yet) in my outer corner, with sushi flower in my crease and a touch of rule above that. A bolder combiation for me honestly..I am still sort of getting used to brighter and bolder combinations.

The color scheme is okay, but I think the combination of the warm (Tempting and Folie) and cool (Night Maneuvers) browns is throwing me off. I think either warm or cool browns could work well with bright yellow, but both together is not ideal (obviously, one intuitively thinks of warm, but I do like how Night Maneuvers and Bright Future go together and provide a contrast!). I could really see Satin Taupe, as someone above said, with the yellow and Night Maneuvers, or replacing Night Maneuvers with a more neutral brown.

Obviously, the blending and placement is gorgeous as always! I have tons of fun coming up with color combinations but still really struggle with blending, especially if my crease color is really dark. Practice practice, I know

I don’t mind the look. I did Bright Future/Tempting last week, and it’s cute together. I’m kind of upset that I didn’t realize I already had a tempting from my Cult of Cherry quad, but oh well :).

To all the negative comments, I’m sure Christine doesn’t mind in general if you don’t like her looks, but if you don’t have anything to add to the discussion(like alternative color choices and whatnot), there’s really no point in being negative, you know.

I agree with you Christine. Night maneuvers is not the best color on you. Maybe Magnetic Fields from the neo sci-fi collection [if you still have it]? I love that you love that Honey eyeliner and I’m glad that you made Style Warrior work for you. The lips look goooooorgeous

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but some are best kept to oneself. Honestly, i dont think this is the appropriate forum to debate skill, this isn’t live journal. Christine never claimed to be a professional makeup artist, just a hobbyist, she is however a PRO beauty blogger, and thats where her props come in. She blogs and gets the beauty scoop like no other, and thats not ass kissing, thats just the TRUTH. IMHO, this look embodies the Style Warrior collection.

If I might also add that you even if you don’t love that night maneuver color right away..I’m sure there’s a bunch of ways to spice it up…mix it with something warmer or brighter. Christine you have this amazing ability to mix, match, combine, blend so many colors and create all these combinations..most of us probably haven’t even thought of yet. You will find something spiffy to do with that color, I have faith in you.

I love how you’re always so unique with your colors! I have trouble thinking of what looks to do sometimes, but I’m always inspired by your color pairings!! I’ve occasionally made the mistake of pairing cool and warm and thinking it came out horrible looking, but then someone else will like it. To each their own, right? And the greatest part: makeup comes off! You wipe it off and start fresh tomorrow! That’s not to say I don’t like this look though, I certainly do! And I just wanted to say that I appreciate your creativity and boldness – you always put yourself out there no matter what and I admire you!

And oh yeah, that’s definitely the best part — you can remove it in thirty seconds if you hate it. You can rock it around the house for hours (like I did), before you decide you don’t like, too. OR pile more on top to fix

Sooo glad I got Sunsational and Style Warrior. I LOVE the lips for this look. They are right up my alley. I am placing my order tomorrow. Can’t wait. I am going to buy Bright Future because it’s quite different than most MAC shadows, but I don’t think I can pull it off with my NW15 skin. It’s so pretty but yellow looks awful on me most of the time.

This is not a fashion or hair magazine shot though. It would be good to include nice hair & gorgeous clothes, but we are here to look at Christine’s makeup looks. I was too busy looking at Christine’s eyes, I didn’t know you had hair :p

I think you are beautiful Christine! (kissing Christine’s butt) I love all of your looks, (kissing Christine’s butt again) but there is always going to be someone with a negative opinion, it is just inevitable. So whaaat, big deal.

Christine,
I was actually planning on getting Night Manouevers, do you think this would work if I just applied it as a lid color with Dipdown fluidline as the liner over it and maybe Femmi Fi somewhere in the mix?
Thanks!

I love the look… I love to experiment with the yellow tones… maybe if you had worn your hair down, some bangs, it would make you feel better about the color combination… it is after all spring… PUT PEEP IN YOUR STEP….

I think that perhaps when Christine took her full photo the effect of the close-ups on the shadows (them selves) were not as effective…